Hi everyone.
I currently have 2x20TB drives set up as JBOD on my primary PC (windows 11), which only store my Plex data
Considering the amount of content I have, I am wary of having no form of back up. I don't have the means to follow the 3-2-1 rule and feel comfortable enough with a single offline backup.
My leading thought was to by two more 20TB drives and put them in Terramaster D2-320 enclosure, and periodically backup the drives on my main PC. Couple of questions with this approach:
- Would it be best to keep the drives in the Terramaster set up as JBOD or to use a RAID configuration? I suppose with JBOD I could just back up each individual drive.
- Is having the drives on my main PC set up as JBOD the best approach or would another method have better functionality? I understand the risks with spanned volume and RAID 0 being if one drive fails you lose all data across both drives, but not sure if that matters much if I have a backup and it has a utilitarian benefit.
- If my primary PC drives are set up as RAID 0 does that mean my backup enclosure would also need to be set up as RAID 0 in order to properly back up the data?
Welcome any criticisms or alternative suggestions. Very new to this! Thanks for the help.